Batang Pinoy
AbbreviationPYG-Batang Pinoy
First eventManila, Philippines[1]
Occur everyAnnually
Last event2023 in Manila
PurposeNational games for athletes under 15 years old
Websitebatangpinoy.psc.gov.ph

The Philippine Youth Games – Batang Pinoy or simply Batang Pinoy (lit. 'Filipino Youth') is the national youth sports competition of the Philippines for athletes under 15 years old. Unlike the Palarong Pambansa a competition for student athletes, the Batang Pinoy also includes the out-of-school youth.[2]

History

The Batang Pinoy was established through the Executive Order No. 44 which was signed by then President Joseph Estrada on December 2, 1998.[1] The first edition was held in Bacolod in 1999.[3] From then, the games were held annually with Santa Cruz, Laguna[4] (2000), Bacolod[5] (2001) Puerto Princesa[6] (2002) hosting the next three editions. The 2002 and prior editions, were for athletes of 12 years and below.[6]

In 2003, the Philippine Sports Commission decided to put the competition, along with its other national competitions, on hold so the sports body could reallocate funds to the national teams' stint at the Southeast Asian Games.[7] The Batang Pinoy was held again in 2011, and is held annually since then.[8][9]

In 2017, the prospects of ending the organization of Batang Pinoy was raised due to it being redundant to the Palarong Pambansa, another national games but for student-athletes below 18 years of age.[10]

In 2020, Batang Pinoy was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic in the Philippines.[11] Last held in 2019 in Puerto Princesa, Palawan, the Batang Pinoy would be not held until 2022 in Vigan, Ilocos Sur.[12][13]

Editions

Host of the Batang Pinoy National Championships.

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9th
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5th
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2nd
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4th, 12th
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Location of the Batang Pinoy hosts
Bacolod: 1st, 3rd, 7th, 8th
Edition Year Main Host
1st 1999 Bacolod
2nd 2000 Santa Cruz, Laguna
3rd 2001 Bacolod
4th 2002 Puerto Princesa
– 2003–2010 Not held
5th 2011 Naga, Camarines Sur
6th 2012 Iloilo City
7th 2013* Bacolod
8th 2014
9th 2015 Cebu City
10th[14] 2016 Tagum
11th 2018 Baguio
12th 2019 Puerto Princesa
– 2020–2021 Not held
13th 2022 Vigan
14th 2023 Manila

(*) Hosting of the originally 2013 edition postponed to early 2014.[15] A second Batang Pinoy was hosted in the same year.[16]

References

  1. ^ a b Estrada, Joseph. "EXECUTIVE ORDER NO. 44" (PDF). Philippine Sports Commission. The President Of The Philippines. Retrieved December 1, 2015.
  2. ^ "Batang Pinoy! Yes!". Batang Pinoy 2011. Philippine Sports Commission. Archived from the original on December 8, 2015. Retrieved December 1, 2015.
  3. ^ Vanzi, Sol Jose (December 6, 1999). "Laguna Takes Overall Batang Pinoy Games Lead". Bacolod: Philippine Headline News Online. Retrieved December 1, 2015.
  4. ^ "Memorandum Circular 2000-108 - 2000 Philippine National Youth Games - Batang Pinoy Program" (PDF). Department of Interior and Local Government. August 23, 2000. Archived from the original (PDF) on December 8, 2015. Retrieved December 1, 2015.
  5. ^ "Over 4,000 athletes compete in Batang Pinoy Games". The Philippine Star. November 21, 2001. Retrieved December 1, 2015.
  6. ^ a b Vanzi, Sol Jose (December 2, 2002). "'Batang Pinoy' Unfolds in Puerto Princesa". Philippine Headline News Online. Bacolod: The Philippine Star. Retrieved December 1, 2015.
  7. ^ Cruz, Agnes (August 15, 2003). "PSC Sacrifices Pet Projects for Vietnam SEA Games". Arab News. Retrieved December 1, 2015.
  8. ^ "PSC revives Batang Pinoy competition". InterAKTV. September 6, 2011. Archived from the original on March 5, 2016. Retrieved December 1, 2015.
  9. ^ Navarro, June. "Batang Pinoy returns". Philippine Daily Inquirer. Retrieved December 17, 2022.
  10. ^ Reyes, Marc Anthony (November 9, 2017). "Batang Pinoy faces possible cancellation". Philippine Daily Inquirer. Retrieved December 17, 2022.
  11. ^ "PSC officially cancels PH National Games, Batang Pinoy". ABS-CBN News. May 11, 2020. Retrieved December 17, 2022.
  12. ^ "Batang Pinoy returns to Ilocos Sur". BusinessWorld. October 27, 2022. Retrieved December 17, 2022.
  13. ^ "Batang Pinoy opens hostilities in Ilocos Sur". ABS-CBN News. December 17, 2022. Retrieved December 17, 2022.
  14. ^ "Nat'l Batang Pinoy kicks off in Tagum". The Visayan Daily Star. Philippine News Agency. November 28, 2016. Retrieved November 28, 2016.
  15. ^ "PSC-POC Batang Pinoy National Finals tuloy na sa Bacolod sa Jan. 28 (Batang Pinoy to continue in Bacolod in January 28)" (in Filipino). Pang-Masa. January 21, 2014. Retrieved December 1, 2015.
  16. ^ Mariano, Clyde (July 25, 2014). "Batang Pinoy finals in Bacolod". Tempo. Archived from the original on December 8, 2015. Retrieved December 1, 2015.
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